Chapter 102
Unequal identities, different species. This is the biggest problem. Even though puppets can become humans, Sudi always emphasizes the disparity in their identities again and again.
It wasn't that he believed what Sudi said.
But Zhou Yuli always does it again and again because he takes these things seriously.
The relationship between them is always disturbed by other people.
"Let's all calm down." Pei Zhao said.
When all this mess is over, he will no longer take the initiative to contact Sudi, and Zhou Yuli will no longer be affected.
"No... Pei Zhao, I don't..."
After Pei Zhao finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave. Zhou Yuli wanted to beg him, but he didn't even have the chance to reach out and grab him.
The hands that were once tightly clasped together now separated, and Pei Zhao walked to the bedroom door.
"Sudi, I'll leave my puppet to you. You promised me to take good care of him."
Pei Zhao finished speaking and closed the bedroom door.
Zhou Yuli stared blankly at the closed door. For the first time, he felt that something was quickly passing away from him.
…Has he been left behind?
... Pei Zhao, don’t you want him anymore?
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In front of everyone, Pei Zhao threw Zhou Yuli to Su Di.
Bai Zhou and Lan Ji looked at each other. Neither of them expected things to develop to this point.
The two exchanged glances.
Bai Zhou: Go and persuade him?
Lan Ji: ...Should I go and ask?
Bai Zhou: You go and ask, I'll go see Zhou Yuli.
Lan Ji: Okay.
There was a lot of noise outside the house, and then it became completely quiet. Pei Zhao sat on the edge of the bed and felt the room was so quiet for the first time.
Pei Zhao sighed. Everything that happened yesterday was clearly right before his eyes. Why did the fatigue that surged through his body today make him so impulsive?
Pei Zhao thought he was not an impulsive person, but when it came to Zhou Yuli's affairs, he would always ignore a lot because he wanted to treat him well.
"Boom boom boom"
The door knocked three times and was pushed open.
Pei Zhao lifted his eyelids and took a look, trying to cheer himself up: "Lan, what happened?"
"Zhao Zhao, before Sudi left, he said that due to the main plot of the citizens' panic, some abnormal manifestations have appeared in this world, and the possible result is that those high-level gods will not invade excessively." Lan Ji said softly and gently.
"Yeah." The chaotic ant nest method worked.
Pei Zhao lowered his eyes, "That's great." He smiled faintly, "Thank you, Lan Ji."
"We didn't do anything." Lan Ji shook his head. "Zhao Zhao, Zhou Yuli was called back by Sudi to get energy supplies. Sudi specifically asked him to go there and didn't allow us to accompany him."
Pei Zhao waited for Lan Ji to finish speaking before he said calmly, "Lan, I'm not angry with him. I'm just a little tired."
Lan Ji was puzzled: "Why do you feel tired? If you are really tired, we can just take care of ourselves... Zhao Zhao, although we are close in age, I am still a few years older than you. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."
"But Lan Ji," Pei Zhao did not refute, "when you are with Bai Zhou, don't you feel tired?"
"Yes, it does." Lan Ji said, "Especially when he can't fully understand me and think from my perspective, it's tiring to get along with him."
Pei Zhao sighed: "Zhou Yuli is always too considerate of me."
"Will that also make you tired?" Lan Ji was puzzled.
"It's tiring. I think too much, and he always has to do a lot, just like this time. I don't dare to think that if Sudi is really a bad guy and wants to harm him, I will not be able to wait for him to come back."
Lan Ji was silent for a long time before he said, "It's our fault too. Indeed, since we recognize Sudi as a partner, we can no longer regard him as a complete stranger who might be a bad guy."
"I don't blame you." Pei Zhao shook his head. "I was impulsive. I get angry when I think about how he always takes risks for me and disregards his own life. So I want to calm down and have a good talk with him after this matter is over."
For Lan Ji, he couldn't fully understand why two people who could clearly sympathize with each other and put themselves in each other's shoes could never make each other feel at ease and satisfied.
But Pei Zhao looked serious and calm, not acting on impulse.
"Well, although Bai and I hope that we can stay together forever, we don't want this hope to bring you pressure." Lan Ji reached out and hugged Pei Zhao gently, "Be happy, we have saved this world."
"Yeah." After coming back here for so long, Pei Zhao showed a relaxed smile for the first time.
After Lan Ji left, Pei Zhao looked at the night view outside the window for a while, took out his mobile phone, and edited a message.
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It was a dim hotel style room, and Sudi arranged a single room for Zhou Yuli.
The room has a simple style and warm colors. The bed looks very comfortable, but there is no sign that it has been moved.
Beside the bed, a person in a bathrobe was squatting with his knees hugged.
Not moving.
"Buzz buzz buzz", the phone vibrated three times.
Still no movement.
"Buzz buzz buzz", three more sounds were heard.
The figure finally moved.
The moment he took out his phone and read the text message, his eyes suddenly widened.
[Your behavior this time is extremely inappropriate. I asked Sudi to take you back in the hope that you can reflect on it and not mistake it as a signal of separation. 】
[Don't over-speculate on the master's inner thoughts! 】
When Zhou Yuli saw the exclamation mark after the second message, his depressed mood suddenly rose again for some reason.
It was as if I could see the angry person on the other end of the phone through the text.
[I understand. I will reflect on this carefully.] 】 Zhou Yuli immediately typed a reply.
After waiting for a few seconds, there was no reply from the other end. Zhou Yuli clicked on the time and found that there was still some time before Pei Zhao's usual bedtime.
Zhou Yuli clicked back and edited a message.
Pei Zhao looked at Zhou Yuli's reply quietly, stroking it lightly with his fingertips.
His little puppet...
Do you really know that you are wrong?
Pei Zhao pressed his solar plexus.
"Beep, beep, beep."
The interface refreshed with a new reply.
[So, Master, you still have to take mine.] Can I go back and prepare breakfast for my master tomorrow morning? 】
Pei Zhao held his forehead with his hand.
【Can't! During the reflection period, you are not allowed to meet each other except for necessary tasks. Even if you return to the system space, you must live in a separate room! 】
Since he has made up his mind to punish Zhou Yuli, he will not give in easily.
【All right. Good night then, Master. 】
It's late at night. The beds in the hotel and the apartment finally showed signs of use.
This was the first time they were separated.
It is a lonely yet warm night.
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[Host, host, are you there? 】
The next day, when Pei Zhao woke up, he heard the voice of Xiaorui in his mind.
"Xiao Rui?" Pei Zhao rubbed his sleepy eyes and glanced at his phone. It was only a little after six in the morning. "So early...what happened?"
[Host, we are monitoring the data in real time. They seem to have moved to another world. This world is one you have never been to. 】
"Can we go to a world we haven't been to?" Pei Zhao frowned. "Didn't we say before that only worlds we've been to can add anchor points?"
[This...] Rui stammered, [It's like this, we recently gathered all the puppeteers who participated in the project and established a unified library for all of them...]
"What on earth do you want to do?" Pei Zhao couldn't believe how huge the number was. "The so-called self-protection plan was all handed over to human puppeteers to complete. At the same time, the system world's technology has advanced rapidly, and now even the world library has been created. What do you want to do?"
Pei Zhao had a guess in his mind, but it was too big and too scary.
"…Are you planning to create a new civilization with the system world as the main world?"
Pei Zhao frowned.
Use the hand of God to manipulate human order, hunt for more human civilization data, and enrich the system database.
[Host, of course not!] 】
"What is that? The system that was supposed to assist us didn't deliver as promised. What are your plans?"
The grumpiness when waking up and the anger towards Zhou Yuli before going to bed last night were all mixed together at this moment, and Pei Zhao left no room for Xiao Rui to refute.
"I hope to get an explanation when I go back this time." Pei Zhao declared in a deep voice, stood up to wash, and no longer paid attention to Xiao Rui's calls.
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"What? It's like we made so much noise this time that they were transported directly to another world?"
During breakfast, Pei Zhao, Lan Ji and Bai Zhou sat at a table, eating and chatting about their morning.
"That's what they said." Pei Zhao took a bite of the bun, "But I don't believe it."
"They are really going a bit too far, Zhao Zhao. In my opinion, we should just not help them."
Pei Zhao began to recall why he wanted to help in the first place. If Xiao Rui hadn't come to the school, he probably wouldn't have agreed to this task. But now…
"We can close our eyes and ears and pretend we can't see or hear anything, but given what we know now, I'm afraid there's no way to stay out of this."
Pei Zhao took a sip of soy milk and continued.
"It is now basically certain that the system is indeed making some plans in private, but I am not sure what they are."
"...You can't really want to build a new civilization? Just relying on a bunch of systems like them?" Bai Zhou and Lan Ji looked at each other and saw disapproval in each other's eyes.
"If their current technological development is really going forward, and if they have really absorbed the user information of most worlds, I'm afraid it is not impossible to create a completely virtual world."
"...How ridiculous." Bai Zhou shook his head, "It's just a group of artificial intelligences that don't even have a physical body."
Pei Zhao was about to say something when the phone on the table suddenly vibrated twice.
Pei Zhao clicked it and took a look.
[Master, good morning!] 】
Pei Zhao pursed his lips and almost choked on his mouthful of soy milk.
“Ahem…”
Lan Ji quickly handed over a tissue: "What's wrong? Whose news?"
"It's okay..." Pei Zhao wiped his mouth, calmed his breathing, and continued, "Someone once proposed a concept that may be very similar to their current fantasy plan, called the 'Metaverse'. In fact, it is to use some kind of technological means to allow human consciousness to be reborn in the virtual world."
"Rebirth in the virtual world..." Bai Zhou opened his mouth wide and said at the same time as Lan Ji, "Cyber Ascension?"
Pei Zhao couldn't help but burst out laughing, tapped the phone screen a few times, put it back, and continued, "That's about it." He scratched his head, "Now I just don't know what these systems want to do, and who is behind them."
"...With our identities, it's hard to find out." Bai Zhou said regretfully, "It's like going to the supermarket to get eggs and then finding out that you were tricked into applying for a credit card."
"You also went to the Experience Supermarket to get eggs?" Pei Zhao was shocked.
"Yeah, most people are pretty nice. What do they say? If you don't take advantage of the bargain, you're a jerk. It makes so much sense!"
Pei Zhao was in mixed emotions. What could have made a prince come to the new world and snatch eggs from the old men and women?
His eyes fell on Lan Ji——
Is it love?
Or responsibility?
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